2020-07-05
The Bank of Angola issued Instruction No. 12/2020 to standardize the composition, structure, and disclosure requirements for financial institutions' price lists. It mandates that supervised entities submit two distinct fee schedules—covering particular and other clients—along with precise filling instructions, standardized file naming conventions, and quarterly reporting deadlines to the Financial Conduct Department. Non-compliance triggers penalties under the Framework Law for Financial Institutions, while the Bank retains authority to resolve interpretative doubts and revoke conflicting prior regulations.
INSTRUCTION NO. 12/2020, Of July 6 SUBJECT: FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Given the need to define the tables comprising the Price List to be published by financial institutions, as well as their respective filling instructions and submission deadlines to the Bank of Angola, in accordance with Guidance Note No. 15/2020, of June 22, regarding the Price List of Financial Services and Products and Its Disclosure; In these terms, under the combined provisions of paragraph f) of number 1 of Article 21.º of Law No. 16/10, of July 15, the Bank of Angola Law, and of number 3 of Article 73.º of Law No. 12/15, of June 17, the Framework Law for Financial Institutions. DETERMINE:
Object This Instruction establishes the composition, structure and content of the Price List, as well as the terms that institutions must observe when disclosing to the public and reporting to the Bank of Angola.
Composition of the Price List 2.1 The Price List consists of 2 (two) documents, annexed to this Instruction, which form an integral part thereof: 2.2 Price List I “Particular Clients” (Annex I). The products and services are presented in the following groupings:
CONTINUAÇÃO DO INSTRUTIVO N.º 12/2020 Page 2 of 73 2.2.1 Minimum Banking Services: services exempt from any charges in accordance with Guidance Note No. 03/2018, of March 2; 2.2.2 Common Banking Services: set of products and services most commercialized and used by the general public; 2.2.3 Other Banking Services: products and services that do not fall into the above-described groupings. 2.3 Price List II “Other Clients” (Annex II). The products and services are presented in a single grouping (Banking Services), segmented by type of products and services.
CONTINUAÇÃO DO INSTRUTIVO N.º 12/2020 Page 3 of 73 b) For financial institutions that commence their activity after the effective date of Guidance Note No. 15/2020, of June 22, regarding the Price List of Financial Services and Products and Its Disclosure, the Price List must be sent to the Bank of Angola with a minimum advance of 5 (five) business days relative to the intended effective date. c) The Price List (Price List I “Particular Clients” and Price List II “Other Clients”) must be reported quarterly to the Bank of Angola until the 5th business day of the quarter preceding its application. The submitted Price List must indicate the rates, commissions and expenses to be applied in the period following the reporting date, clearly listing any introduced changes (if applicable) compared to the last report and indicating the sections and subsections subject to changes. d) Whenever financial institutions make changes to the Price List content, they must send them to the Bank of Angola with a minimum advance of 5 (five) business days relative to the effective date, indicating all introduced changes. e) The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to daily changes in the exchange rate and interest margin in force at Financial Institutions. f) The Price List must be reported to the Financial Conduct Department of the Bank of Angola, accompanied by a communication, to the email address dcf_ric@bna.ao, with the Subject “[IF | PRE_Cliente YY - AAAAMMDD]”. g) The communication referred to in the preceding paragraph, and whenever applicable, must expressly identify the sections and subsections subject to change, with the changed rates, commissions, expenses and other conditions clearly identified. To this end, it must contain a table with the following field order: Price List Designation (“Particular Clients”; “Other Clients”); Section; Subsection; Designation of the changed or added commission/rate/expense; Value of the changed or added commission/rate/expense; Designation of the previously in force commission/rate/expense (if applicable); Value of the previously in force commission/rate/expense (if applicable); Effective date. h) The Bank of Angola is responsible for ensuring that the disclosure of Price List changes observes the provisions of number 5 of Article 12.º of Guidance Note No. 15/2020, of June 22, regarding the Price List of Financial Services and its Disclosure.
Publication of the Price List The Bank of Angola will publish the Price Lists practiced by financial institutions on its institutional website, unless otherwise communicated to financial institutions whenever the Price List is incomplete, contains incorrect information or is presented outside the format established by the Bank of Angola.
Non-Compliance Non-compliance with the provisions of this Instruction is punishable in accordance with the Framework Law for Financial Institutions.
Doubts and Omissions Doubts and omissions resulting from the interpretation and application of this Instruction are resolved by the Bank of Angola.
Revocation Instruction No. 04/2014, of May 15, and any other regulation contrary to the provisions of this Instruction are hereby revoked.
CONTINUAÇÃO DO INSTRUTIVO N.º 12/2020 Page 5 of 73 8. Entry into Force This Instruction enters into force 90 (ninety) days after its publication. PUBLISH. Luanda, July 6, 2020. THE GOVERNOR JOSÉ DE LIMA MASSANO
CONTINUAÇÃO DO INSTRUTIVO N.º 12/2020 Page 6 of 73 ANNEX I Price List I “Particular Clients” A. Minimum Banking Services List of Fee-Exempt (Free) Services under Guidance Note No. 03/2018, of March 2
B. Common Banking Services
1.2. Time Deposits [Account type (if applicable)] – [Currency] [Identification of accounts and respective access conditions (if applicable)] Commissions | Values without tax | Tax added | Annual value with tax | Other conditions % MN | Value annual 1.2.1. Opening, maintenance and closing of time deposit accounts and savings accounts within contractualized periods Contractual formalization of opening/closing and charges related to the maintenance of time deposit accounts and savings accounts, as well as processing and recording movements in the account Exempt | - | - | - 1.2.2. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission, as well as the contact point moment when they occur] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) Interest Rates TANB Days | Tax added | Other conditions 15 30 60 90 180 360 [Tier 1] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] Note (x) [Tier 2] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] Note (x) […] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | [0,0%] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] Note (x) Other associated expenses [Identification of other applicable expenses, indicating, notably, their designation, description, the value charged to the consumer and when they occur] Complementary Information Banking Operation | Date – Value | Availability Date | Observations Time Deposit Account Movements Counter Establishment/Reinforcement [XX] [XX] Note (x) Early mobilization [XX] [XX] Note (x) Repayment at maturity [XX] [XX] Note (x) Payment of remunerative interest [XX] [XX] Note (x) Electronic banking Establishment/Reinforcement [XX] [XX] Note (x) Early mobilization [XX] [XX] Note (x) Legend: TANB Gross Annual Nominal Rate MN National Currency (Kwanza) IS Stamp Duty [XX] [Designation of applicable tax] Value Date Accounting date of an operation, i.e., the date from which an operation effectively begins to be taken into account in the financial institution's calculations and may differ from its execution date Availability Date Moment from which the holder can freely proceed to move funds deposited in their deposit accounts or transferred to their current account, without being subject to paying interest for mobilizing these funds Business Day Weekday, from Monday to Friday, excluding national holidays General Notes: Note (x): Interest rate rounding: [fill in (e.g. to [X] decimal place)] Note (x): Rate calculation method: [fill in] Note (x): Exchange rate convention (if applicable): [fill in] Specific Notes: Note (x): [Explanation]
2.2. Consumer Credit [Credit subcategory] [Product designation] [Product characterization (i.e., indication of access conditions to the product)] Commissions | Values without tax | Tax added | Annual value with tax | Other conditions % MN Value annual Initial Commissions 2.2.1. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.2.2. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.2.3. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) Commissions during contract validity 2.2.4. Credit installment processing commission Processing of payments for installments related to the contracted credit Exempt | - | - | - 2.2.5. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.2.6. [Commission Designation] Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) Commissions at contract end 2.2.7. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.2.8. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.2.9. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) Interest Rates TAN TAEG | Tax added | Other conditions [Fixed rate operations] [Used indexers] + spread [0,0% to 0,00%] [XX] | [0,0%] [Indicate operation term] [Variable rate operations] [Used indexers] + spread [0,00% to 0,00%] [0,0%] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [Indicate operation term] Other associated expenses [Identification of other applicable expenses, indicating, notably, their designation, description, the value charged to the consumer and when they occur] Legend: TAN Annual Nominal Rate TAEG Annual Effective Global Rate IS Stamp Duty [XX] [Designation of applicable tax] MN National Currency (Kwanza) General Notes: Note (x): Interest rate rounding: [fill in (e.g. to [X] decimal place)] Note (x): Rate calculation method: [fill in] Note (x): Exchange rate convention (if applicable): [fill in] Specific Notes: Note (x): [Explanation]
2.3. Auto Credit (Vehicle Loans) [Credit subcategory] [Product designation] [Product characterization (i.e., indication of access conditions to the product)] Commissions | Values without tax | Tax added | Annual value with tax | Other conditions % MN Value annual Initial Commissions 2.3.1. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.3.2. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.3.3. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) Commissions during contract validity 2.3.4. Credit installment processing commission Processing of payments for installments related to the contracted credit Exempt | - | - | - 2.3.5. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.3.6. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) Commissions at contract end 2.3.7. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) 2.3.8. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,00] Note (x)
2.3.9. [Commission Designation] [Brief description of the commission] [0,0%] | [0,00] | [0,00] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [0,00] Note (x) Interest Rates TAN TAEG | Tax added | Other conditions [Fixed rate operations] [Used indexers] + spread [0,00% to 0,00%] [0,0%] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [Indicate operation term] [Variable rate operations] [Used indexers] + spread [0,00% to 0,00%] [0,0%] | IS [0,0%] [XX] | [0,0%] [Indicate operation term] Other associated expenses [Identification of other applicable expenses, indicating, notably, their designation, description, the value charged to the consumer and when they occur] Legend: TAN Annual Nominal Rate TAEG Annual Effective Global Rate IS Stamp Duty [XX] [Designation of applicable tax] MN National Currency (Kwanza) General Notes: Note (x): Interest rate rounding: [fill in (e.g. to [X] decimal place)] Note (x): Rate calculation method: [fill in] Note (x): Exchange rate convention (if applicable): [fill in] Specific Notes: Note (x): [Explanation]